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<div class="field-item even">Parks Associates: Home security systems will finally surpass the 20 percent penetration rate</div>
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>DALLAS—Market research firm Parks Associates, based here, is predicting that an increase in smart home controllers will help drive the increased adoption of home security systems—moving the penetration rate of home security systems past the 20 percent mark up to 26 percent by 2020.</p>
<p>Parks Associates estimates that by 2020 more than 50 percent of U.S. broadband households will have a smart home controller, up from 13 percent in 2015, and 24 percent will have an IP camera, up from just under 10 percent in 2015.</p>
<p>“The addition of home controls, interactive services, as well as the addition of new players, expand the value proposition and attract new people to the security market,” Tom Kerber, Parks Associates’ director of research, told Security Systems News. “That is driving awareness and interest, and the security market will continue to see steady growth through 2020.”</p>
<p>Parks estimates that the number of households with home security will top 30 million by 2019, up from 22.5 million in 2015, with the majority of systems being professionally monitored.</p>
<p>Contributing to this increase are companies such as Samsung, which are beginning to embed smart home controllers into their consumer entertainment products, such as smart TVs and smart appliances, driving more interest from consumers.</p>
<p>“Up to this point the security industry is the leading channel for the smart home controls, but with Samsung embedding smart controllers into their products, that is going to drive significant numbers into the market,” he said. “So the security industry continues on its growth trajectory in terms of being a significant contributor and primary driver to this point, but this idea of embedding smart home controllers into other products is really going to drive these numbers in the long term.”</p>
<p>In addition to the dramatic increase in smart home controllers, unit sales of IP cameras will reach nearly 6 million in 2016, including 3.2 million first-time sales. By 2017, the number of replacement or additional IP camera sales will exceed the number of first-time sales, according to Parks.</p>
<p>“If you look at the numbers, growth has more than doubled since the end of 2015, when we were was just under 10 percent for IP cameras,” said Kerber, who noted that lower price points, better cameras and increased capabilities and analytics are helping to drive adoption of video in and outside the home.</p>
<p>The rise in interest in self-installed systems is also having a positive impact on the security industry, Kerber noted.</p>
<p>“Another survey that we conducted recently was trying to understand the impact of a lower cost system for those who don’t have a system currently and how that may impact the market,” he explained. “If you look at the numbers, the adoption of these systems drives and expands the market from its current base. There are many dealers that are including self-installed systems into their portfolio, so the security market will continue to grow from that as well.”</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Smart home adoption to benefit security" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:44:10 +0000SSN Editor19143 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/smart-home-adoption-benefit-security#commentsWill DIY, MIY impact you?http://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/will-diy-miy-impact-you
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>What’s the future normal for home security? <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/self-monitored-home-security-systems-market-share-2015-7">According to an article from <em>Business Inside</em>r</a>, it’s DIY and MIY, all from Silicon Valley giants Google and Apple along with telecom big names.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>I speak to resi dealers five days a week. They tell me that DIY is often a selling point for them and that it works very well for some of their customers—especially in helping homeowners understand their systems better—but that MIY, on the other hand, is not beneficial. What happens if you’re an MIYer and you’re 1,000 miles away from home on vacation or a business trip?</p>
<p>Traditional home security systems are still the mainstay, but not for long, according to the report from Citi, the primary source in the <em>Business Insider</em> article. Even though traditional systems/companies currently make up 93 percent of the home security market and DIY/yet professionally monitored make up 4.7 percent, Citi says in the article, that’s all going to change.</p>
<p>Google’s Nest and Dropcam and Apple’s HomeKit control 2.3 percent of the market.</p>
<p>That 2.3 percent market share will grow to 34 percent in the next five years, Citi says, with the traditional professional systems dropping to 61.6 percent.</p>
<p>How will this play out? Do you agree with the Citi study? I’m interested in your opinions for future articles in <em>Security Systems News</em>. Please let me know. Comment, email me at <a href="mailto:acanfield@securitysystemsnews.com">acanfield@securitysystemsnews.com</a> or call me at 207-846-0600. Thanks!</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Will DIY, MIY impact you?" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:03:49 +0000Amy Canfield18470 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/will-diy-miy-impact-you#commentsFormer ADT finance director wants to kick-start home security companyhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/former-adt-finance-director-wants-kick-start-home-security-company
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>Christopher Carney, a former director of finance M&amp;A and director of finance, sales and marketing for ADT, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his new company, Abode Systems.</p>
<p>The 45-day campaign aims to raise $100,000 by May 7 to bring the “new kind of home security and automation solution to market,” Carney said in a prepared statement. The solution “will put big security companies on notice,” he said.</p>
<p>Carney co-founded Abode, based in Palo Alto, Calif., with Brent Franks, previously an account executive with salesforce.com and EVP and co-founder of TerraSmart, a turnkey solar ground mount provider.</p>
<p>The DIY Abode system puts the customer in charge by allowing them to customize, he said.</p>
<p>"My last decade in home security showed me that big security companies have serious flaws and don't consider the changing lifestyles of today's consumers or accommodate new technologies and devices coming to market," CEO Carney said. “When developing Abode, we had a vision for a self-installable security system that grows with you and your evolving needs, while also remaining capable of utilizing new technologies next month, next year, or further down the road."</p>
<p>Carney said the system offers portability in that it can be transferred to a new home with no reinstallation costs; it eliminates false alarms by sending real-time visual verification and, through its built-in body analysis technology, by being able to tell the difference between people and animals; has a built-in backup power and a 3G radio for use when Internet connections are lost; provides home automation capabilities at no extra cost; can be controlled through a web portal and mobile app; and has an optional 24-hour monitoring available.</p>
<p>The system includes the Abode gateway, motion camera, streaming camera, door and window sensors and key fob.</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Former ADT finance director wants to kick-start home security company" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:10:37 +0000Amy Canfield18215 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/former-adt-finance-director-wants-kick-start-home-security-company#commentsU.S. Cellular launches DIY security systemhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/us-cellular-launches-diy-security-system
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>U.S. Cellular’s OnLook Digital System, a self-installed security and home automation system, is now available in Iowa and in the Tulsa, Okla., market in U.S. Cellular retail stores, online and over the phone. The system can be managed over a smartphone, tablet or computer, according to the company.</p>
<p>The OnLook Digital System is powered by Alarm.com's cloud-based software platform. It has three DIY package options available starting at $99.99 with a two-year contract. The options include Essential Security, Advanced Security and Advanced Security + Energy.</p>
<p>U.S. Cellular says that every package includes 24/7 professional monitoring and standard components such as a control panel, two door/window sensors, one motion sensor, one key fob, security signs and decals and 24/7 monitoring.</p>
<p>Customers will receive real-time notifications via their mobile phones if something is happening, the company says. Customers are also offered several security and automation accessories and add-on packages that allow customers to customize the solution to best fit their specific needs.</p>
<p>Industry analyst Jeff Kagan of Wireless told a number of news sources that “U.S. Cellular has not seen the kind of growth in wireless that larger competitors have seen in the last several years. So moving into this new market segment sounds like a good idea if it can help U.S. Cellular show solid growth again.”</p>
<p>U.S. Cellular is not alone seeing this as a growth opportunity in home automation and security services. Other companies, such as AT&amp;T Mobility and Comcast Xfinity, see the same opportunity, Kagan said.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/us-cellular-gets-security">I have scheduled an interview to speak with U.S. Cellular to follow up on what this means for its future. So stayed tuned.</a></p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="U.S. Cellular launches DIY security system" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:29:26 +0000Amy Canfield18052 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/us-cellular-launches-diy-security-system#commentsSkylink introduces DIY monitoring solutionhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/skylink-introduces-diy-monitoring-solution
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>TORONTO—Skylink, a provider of DIY home safety solutions, recently introduced an alarm system kit that allows end users to secure and monitor their homes, according to a news release from the company.</p>
<p>The SkylinkNet Alarm System Kit is controlled by an Internet Hub and includes a motion sensor, keychain remote, and two door window sensors. An app integrated with the system allows users to have complete remote control of the solution through iOS- and Android-compatible devices.</p>
<p>If a door or window sensor detects motion, the Internet hub sends a push notification through the app, according to the release. The app also enables end users to view events that set off alarms through live video monitoring, which can be observed through a smartphone. The solution is backed by a backup battery, the release noted, and in the event of a power failure, all units and sensors will continue to work as a local alarm with an external siren.</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Skylink introduces DIY monitoring solution" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:49:16 +0000Leif Kothe17813 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/skylink-introduces-diy-monitoring-solution#comments Fortress Security’s Houston expansion nets customers, techshttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/fortress-security-s-houston-expansion-nets-customers-techs
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>ARLINGTON, Texas—Fortress Security, based here, expanded its reach into the Houston metro area this summer, drawn by a strong demand for its services, a slightly larger Houston market and a larger pool of technicians, said company founder and owner Jerrod Smith.</p>
<p>“The technician availability was a big one,” Smith told Security Systems News. He estimated that, based on market research, for every one technician for hire in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) market, where Fortress is based, “there are four in Houston.”</p>
<p>Fortress, a 13-year-old company whose business currently is about 70 percent residential and 30 percent commercial, also plans to introduce service to Austin and San Antonio by the end of 2015 and in Oklahoma after that, Smith said.</p>
<p>He predicted that Fortress’ account base in DFW “will nearly triple in size over the next three years.” Also, he said, “the addition of the Houston market will aid Fortress in its goal of becoming a strong regional player providing both Texas home security systems and Houston home security systems.”</p>
<p>Since Fortress expanded into Houston, it’s already seeing results, Smith said. He declined to reveal specific figures regarding the company’s accounts and revenues, but said that on a month-to-month basis, Fortress saw a 30 percent increase in new Houston home and business security systems customers the first month after the launch and a 31 percent increase the second month.</p>
<p>The company does a little bit of door knocking but mostly it sells through “a lot of online marketing, a little bit of offline marketing and a lot of referral business,” Smith said. “We’re getting about one referral of a new customer for every three installs, so every third customer is getting us a new customer.”</p>
<p>The company has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. Smith said customers give Fortress five-star ratings because “we are a small company and we take a little more time with our customers in the sales process and also the installation process and then … making our customers feel like they’re not just completely forgotten about after the install is really important to us.”</p>
<p>The company didn’t establish a brick-and-mortar office in Houston at this point. It has found technicians are more efficient and it is more cost effective to give the techs fully stocked, branded trucks and have them work from home. “We’ve got everything on i-Pads and our system is all in the cloud and it makes sense just to dispatch from home,” Smith said.</p>
<p>Launching in Houston opens a gateway to Austin and San Antonio, Smith said. “Geographically, [Houston] is obviously a much closer base than DFW would be, so when we have some installation overflow that we need techs to handle, it would be much easier for them to go from Houston to Austin for support than it would be from DFW to Austin,” Smith explained.</p>
<p>Smith said Fortress also is preparing strategically to offer commercial access control systems in all markets very soon. “We are experiencing a lot of demand from our existing commercial clients in the greater Houston area and we feel the timing is right for us,” he said. Fortress aims to have its residential/commercial mix eventually be 50/50, Smith said.</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content=" Fortress Security’s Houston expansion nets customers, techs" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:47:18 +0000Leif Kothe17800 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/fortress-security-s-houston-expansion-nets-customers-techs#commentsHuntington Capital likes the security spacehttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/huntington-capital-likes-security-space
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>SAN DIEGO—The $3 million that Huntington Capital, a private equity firm based here, recently loaned to door-knocking company Envision Security marks Huntington’s first foray into the security space, but more such investments could be in its future.</p>
<p>Frank Mora, principal at Huntington, told Security Systems News: “If there’s an opportunity that we like, we’ll definitely do the same thing again. I think [security] is an interesting industry and a growing industry, and now with home automation and all the things that are to be offered, we think that there’s potential for good value creation, if it’s done well.”</p>
<p>Mora said the fact that Peoria, Ariz.-based Envision is well run is what attracted Huntington to the small, 3-year-old company, <a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/envision-security-gets-3m-financing" target="_blank">despite the fact it had no in-house accounts</a>. Envision formerly was a Security Networks dealer and after Security Networks was acquired by Monitronics last year, Envision had been selling all its accounts to Monitronics, Envision founder and CEO Darryl Johnson has explained.</p>
<p>“Envision and Darryl in particular had a very good sales track record,” Mora said. “He’s a very good salesperson and he knows the industry and he had very good recommendations from some of the larger players that he’s done business with and they all consider him a top dealer for their dealer programs. And he had the right ideas about growing the business; he just needed the capital to be able to start retaining some accounts and create a recurring revenue base for himself.”</p>
<p>Johnson’s goal for Envision is for it to have more than 2,000 accounts in house and RMR of about $150,000 within about two years.</p>
<p>Huntington, founded in 2000, provides debt and equity financing to lower middle-market companies. Mora said the company is not industry specific but does focus on companies located on the West Coast and in the Southwest. Mora said that’s “primarily because we tend to be hands on as investors and we like to able to [quickly] get to our companies and work with them if there’s a need for us to do anything.”</p>
<p>Huntington plans to work closely with Envision and Johnson, Mora said.</p>
<p>“We tend to be very active in the management and we plan to do so with Envision and help Darryl in whatever way he needs us to,” Mora said. “Right now, we’re kind of performing the CFO/controller function for him and helping him put in those controls and reporting so as he grows his recurring revenue base, he can start becoming attractive to the senior lender universe and get him to that position where he has access to more and cheaper capital.”</p>
<p>Huntington also is helping Envision at the board level.</p>
<p>“We’re very excited, and being our first time in the industry, we also want to make sure we surround ourselves with good industry experts to help us from a board level,” Mora said. “So we’re helping Darryl put together a varied board of directors that can give him feedback into the operation.”</p> </div>
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>Tech publication Wired magazine may not focus too closely on alarm monitoring or residential security, but it does devote a good deal of ink to assessing network security threats, no matter what the context.</p>
<p>Just last month a writer for the magazine, Mat Honan, sketched a funny, dystopian picture of the connected home in revolt, commandeered by wayward hackers on some perverse quest for Internet notoriety. Identifiable only by screen names evoking bad cyberpunk movies, these lonesome code junkies are intent on doing everything from dousing homes with sprinkler systems to invading your privacy through in-home network cameras .</p>
<p>The piece, titled “<a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/06/the-nightmare-on-connected-home-street/" target="_blank">The Nightmare on Connected Home Street</a>,” is supposed to seem nearly implausible. The narrator is jarred awake at four a.m. by the pulse of dub step music exploding from his connected pillow. The piece ends, a few hours later, with the bare and awesomely memorable paragraph: “The skylights open up. The toaster switches on. I hear the shower kick in from the other room. It’s morning.”</p>
<p>It’s all just a thought experiment, of course, but the piece is thought-provoking and well worth a read.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, about a month later, Wired turned its attention to security again, this time focusing on vulnerabilities that have nothing to do with IP devices. This time, <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-home-alarms " target="_blank">the article</a> dealt with security concerns related to wireless home alarms, which, according to a pair of researchers cited in the article, could be compromised—the alarms either being suppressed (via “jamming”) or made to deliver false signals. The researchers found identical problems among a number of brands.</p>
<p>The issue apparently has to do with radio frequency signals. While the conversation is understandable enough for a layman, it can drift into the arcane. In sum, the researchers found that the systems “fail to encrypt or authenticate the signals being sent from sensors to control panels," the report said, “making it easy for someone to intercept the data, decipher the commands, and play them back to control panels at will.” Would-be malefactors, the report says, can do this relatively easily.</p>
<p>A vulnerability is a vulnerability, and certainly no security company wants there to be any possibility of a system being hacked. But it should probably be mentioned that while these techniques may come across as elementary to the reading community of Wired Magazine, these methods would probably be, for your run-of-the-mill burglar, well above the norm from a sophistication standpoint.</p>
<p>The researchers cited in the article—Logan Lamb and Silvio Cesare—plan to present their findings at the Black Hat security conference, a computer security conference scheduled next week in Las Vegas. For my part, I’ll be eager to hear more about their findings and to see what kind of impact the research could have.</p> </div>
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>PROVO, Utah—Joe Albaugh, who today joined Vivint in the newly created position of chief security officer, brings significant cyber expertise, having previously served as chief information security officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation and also at the Federal Aviation Administration.</p>
<p>Albaugh told <em>Security Systems News</em> in an email interview that he will be “focused on converging activities across the corporate IT, product development, operations and physical security areas within Vivint.</p>
<p>Asked why it’s important that the CSO work across all these areas including product development, Albaugh said “an effective and proactive security program requires that security be built in, rather than bolted on.”<br /> <br />Echoing<a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/what-integrators-large-and-small-need-know-about-apts"> comments heard at TechSec in February</a> and at <a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/cyber-security-recurring-theme-psa-tec">PSA-TEC in May</a>, Albaugh called cyber attacks “pervasive and increasing in sophistication by the day." He noted that hackers “often leverage varied ingress points across an organization to gain access to critical systems and information.”</p>
<p>For that reason, it’s important to have a person who is “dedicated to the holistic awareness of these threats across our organization, mitigating risk to ensure our customers and our business systems are protected," he said.</p>
<p>Before joining the DOT, where he was responsible for “more than 440 information systems and 100,000 people,” Albaugh helped redesign the cyber security program at the FAA. </p>
<p>Albaugh also served as chief information security officer and acting chief information officer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration “where he managed a more than $400 million global information technology program.” Before that he led the security solution practices for Foreign Affairs and Federal Healthcare at BearingPoint’s Public Services Solutions Group. </p>
<p>Albaugh has a BA in mathematics from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in information assurance from Norwich University. He completed executive education programs at the Yale School of Management and the Federal Executive Institute.</p>
<p>“The value and the experience I bring to Vivint is the understanding of [cyber] threats, their impact, and effective risk management strategies, across both government and industry,” Albaugh said.</p>
<p>By implementing security initiatives across all areas of Vivint, the home security/automation company expects "to realize the benefits of improved risk-based decisions through awareness, prevention, response and compliance," he said.</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Vivint creates CSO position, hires federal cyber expert Joe Albaugh" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:24:39 +0000SSN Editor17685 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/vivint-creates-cso-position-hires-federal-cyber-expert-joe-albaugh#commentsViper launches car and home security apphttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/viper-launches-car-and-home-security-app
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>VISTA, Calif.—Car security company Viper now offers a Smartphone app that lets customers keep an eye on their homes as well as their cars, the company announced Nov. 4.</p>
<p>Viper Home is a self-installed monitoring system controlled from a Smartphone. The company says it will be integrated with Viper SmartStart car security app through ViperConnect.</p>
<p> “Viper Home was created to give people a technologically advanced, yet self-installed and low-cost, solution to home security that they can personally monitor through their Smartphones with sensors and real-time video,” said James Turner, Viper vice president of product development, in a prepared statement. “We believe our proprietary technology will show that traditional home security firms with expensive monthly fees are a thing of the past.”</p>
<p>ViperHome consists of motion sensors, magnetic door and window sensors and indoor cameras. The system can connect to 64 devices and sends real-time notifications of security problems to the user’s Smartphone, according to the release.</p>
<p>The system can host cameras, motion detectors, sirens, key fobs and Z-WAVE, according to the release.</p>
<p>ViperConnect is available on iTunes and Google Play. Viper Home is only available through Best Buy stores.</p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Viper launches car and home security app" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:02:11 +0000Leah Hoenen16960 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/also-noted/viper-launches-car-and-home-security-app#comments